[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 102 (Friday, July 20, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D745-D746]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative approved for 
full Committee action the Legislative appropriations for fiscal year 
2002.
CURB CHILDREN'S EXPOSURE TO VIOLENT CONTENT--ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY'S 
EFFORTS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and the Internet held a hearing

[[Page D746]]

entitled: ``An Examination of the Entertainment Industry's Efforts to 
Curb Children's Exposure to Violent Content.'' Testimony was heard from 
C. Lee Peeler, Associate Director, Advertising Practices, FTC; and 
public witnesses.
PRISONER RELEASE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on the District of 
Columbia held a hearing on ``Prisoner Release in the District of 
Columbia--The Role of Halfway Houses and Community Supervision in 
Prisoner Rehabilitation.'' Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Justice: Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, Director, 
Bureau of Prisons; and Edward Riley, Chairman, U.S. Parole Commission; 
Laurie E. Ekstrand, Director, Justice Issues, GAO; from the following 
officials of the District of Columbia: Kathy Patterson, Chair, 
Committee on the Judiciary, City Council; Margret Nedelkoff Kellems, 
Deputy Mayor, Public Safety and Justice; Charles H. Ramsey, Chief of 
Police; John Clark, Corrections Trustee, Office of the Corrections 
Trustee; James Anthony, Deputy Director, Department of Corrections; and 
Jasper E. Ormond, Jr., Interim Director, Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency; and a public witness.